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After an epic weekend of big waves and gutsy surfing performances by a crop of Southeast Asia’s best young surfers, Kona Eru (13, Sanur, Bali) and Taina Izquierdo (15, Uluwatu, Bali) emerged victorious at the Rip Curl GromSearch National Finals, held in pumping surf at world famous Uluwatu. Southeast Asia’s top groms proved their toughness […]

Gabriel Medina (BRA) has won the MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal over Julian Wilson (AUS) in a rematch of their 2012 final at Supertubos. The event culminated in good three-to-five foot waves with Medina’s victory, the eighth event title of his career, only a short ten days after the Brazilian won in France.

18 of South East Asia’s best junior surfers will compete in the most important contest of their young surfing careers this weekend, October 28 & 29, when the Rip Curl GromSearch National Finals storms the world-famous waves at Uluwatu on the island of Bali.

Stop number 3 of the 2017 Rip Curl GromSearch Series went ahead this week-end with one hundred entries from all over the world – including kids from New Zealand, Australia, Brazil, Sweden, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Chile as well as the most talented young surfers from all over Indoneasia including Lombok, Sumbawa, Java and Bali. Kids […]

The 2017 GromSearch Series will continue the third stop in the next few weeks on 16-17 September 2017 in Pererenan, Canggu, Bali. More than 50 ripping young surfers from Java, Bali, Sumbawa, Phillipines and Thailand are already registered and ready to compete in an exciting, safe and friendly environment.

The latest great professional to give Slater’s Surf Ranch a try is Bethany Hamilton, who logged in serious frontside and backside barrel time while enjoying an afternoon at the Surf Ranch with Gerry, husband Adam, and son Tobias.

Successful siblings in surfing, if you will forgive the alliteration, have a long history. The elder Hos, the Malloys, the Fletchers, the Hobgoods, the Padaratzes and the Gudauskases, to name but a few, have shared both elite success and DNA.

Julian Wilson (AUS) claimed victory today at the Billabong Pro Tahiti, Stop No. 7 of 11 on the 2017 World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT), after defeating Gabriel Medina (BRA) in the Final. A full day of competition witnessed intense action from the remaining competitors as they battled through 15 heats in six-to-seven foot […]

After several close calls at Padang Padang in recent weeks, the waiting period for the 2017 Rip Curl Cup Invitational has drawn to a close without the magic swell required to run the hallowed event. Despite a month-long waiting period during prime swell season (July 10 – August 10), the waves at Padang Padang never […]